CABLECASTTEAM

Cablecast solutions were born out of community media centers and much of our staff have come to us from CMCs around the country. We understand, respect and share the values of our customers in the non-profit sector. Read a little more about each team member below.

Meet the team

Support

Aaron Rigby

Customer Success Representative

Aaron is a 20+ year veteran of the film, animation, news, and PEG media industries, member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, and holds degrees in animation, psychology, and philosophy.
Before joining Tightrope, he spent over eight years teaching classes, supervising productions and managing operations at a PEG station in Wisconsin. In his downtime, Aaron enjoys doing ambitious craft projects, eating his wife's cooking, and knowing a lot of obscure stuff.

Engineering

Alex Page

Support Engineer

Having gotten an early start tinkering with computers and programming, Alex likes to explore a variety of tech. In his spare time, you can usually find him playing games with friends or modding a retro console. Whatever the case, there's probably some Taco Bell involved.

Admin

Andy Sorum

Director of Finance and HR

I have been officially working for Tightrope since 2008, but have been around the company since it's inception. I spend most of my time running the accounting and human resources teams. I also dabble in production, facilities management, and overall ensure our staff can focus on their roles the best they can. When I am not doing all of that, I spend time with our 3 uniquely amazing children and wonderful wife. I enjoy tackling DIY projects around the house, earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and take my son to a new MLB ballpark every year since he's been born.

Admin

Bestina Mounenalath

Office Manager

Bestina’s video production journey began when she stumbled upon Community Media Access Collaborative (CMAC) in sunny California - first as a member and then as their Membership Coordinator. Now part of the Tightrope team in Minneapolis, she looks forward to helping the office run like a well oiled machine.

Sales

Elliot Wesen

Regional Sales (West)

Elliot has a 30 year history in broadcast production and engineering, having served as production engineer, remote engineer & live event technical director at KTSM-TV & KVIA-TV in El Paso, TX. He was also a Regional Sales Manager for Synergy Broadcast Systems for 15 years.

Support

Grayson Vangen

Director of Training & Support

Grayson Vangen has been with Tightrope for 11 years with a primary focus on our Cablecast broadcast line. In those years he has performed a variety of roles from support, dealer/user training, commissioning, and sales engineer. He has experience in many different environments from PEG, higher ed, corporate, and cruise ships. This gives him a well rounded perspective of how our customers use Cablecast. Grayson is based out of Minneapolis.

Admin

Jamison Finke

Accounting

Jamison joined Tightrope Media systems in 2016 as an accountant. A native of the Twin Cities, he holds a double major in accounting and finance from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. He is truly passionate about his work and is always eager to connect with others from all backgrounds.

Support

Kevin Manzanares

Technical Support

Kevin has been working in the technical support industry for as long as anyone can remember. When he's not helping customers out with their systems, he can be found pwn'ing t3h n00bs in League of Legends, Scootin around in Overwatch, or being social on Club Penguin. Last name is pronounced "Maple Syrup".

Engineering

Michael O'Keefe

Software Engineer

Mike began his professional career as an engineer at Boston's CBS affiliate TV station. He transitioned to software engineering when he joined Avid Technology and most recently led the development team at Home Automated Living designing automation software. Mike has also been an active volunteer for over 20 years at his local TV access center. In his off time you can find him enjoying the lakes and trails of New Hampshire.

Marketing

Michelle Alimoradi

Marketing Manager

Michelle hearts community media. She got her start as a community radio producer in 2008 and has stayed involved in a wide variety of ways (too many to list here!) for the past decade. She joined the Tightrope Team in 2014. She is pretty much always down for karaoke and/or tacos.

Sales

Randy Visser

Regional Sales (East Coast)

Has over 30 years of experience in community media and broadcasting, including his early advocacy for Community Cable Channels (PEG) in the 80s. Over that span, he has served as a station manager, trainer, engineer, content producer, educator and board member. He also spent many years as a consultant designing control rooms, playback systems, studios and remote "fly-pac" systems.

Engineering

Ray Tiley

Señor Developer

Has been with Tightrope since 2009. Typically can be found in Maine doing some dev stuff in Ember. His hobbies include scrapbooking, collecting yearbooks and building model railroads. He also climbs rocks.

Training

Ryan Hickok

Training

Ryan’s passion for teaching developed when he was a Public Access Lead at Suburban Community Channels in White Bear Lake, MN. From there he took his experience as a Cablecast and Carousel end user and brought it over to Tightrope. When he is not in trainings or working on tutorial videos, Ryan enjoys keeping track of his favorite hockey teams and spending time outdoors with his wife, three kids and dog.

Support

Shane Green

Customer Success Specialist

Shane Green started with Cablecast in late 2018, eager to learn about the community media scene. He is a avid fan of videography and dabbles whenever he can in his spare time. He also helps volunteer at a local nonprofit as head of video in Minneapolis, MN. Shane is a big fan of Wes Anderson or Edgar Wright movies, and the outdoors. Attempting to master technology of time travel so he can travel back in time and become younger (except thats not at all how the technology would work).

Sales

Shawn McHenry

Inside Sales Manager

Grew up in Concord, New Hampshire and began volunteering in community media at age 13. In addition to his degree in information technology, he also spent over four years on staff at Concord Community Television before he moved to Minneapolis to join the Tightrope Team.

President

Steve Israelsky

President

Steve has worked for a several cable operators in local programming, for several cable networks in affiliate relations, ran an access center back in the day, and over the last 11 years has worked with Tightrope Media Systems primarily focused on Cablecast. While working he is most often at a desk or on a plane, and while not working prefers to be outside, on a mountain, riding a wave, or walking a dog.